The Barras Report Blog

Dec 20, 20213 min read

Defending a Democracy in Flames

I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom. And how we can preserve it. Our freedom is threatened. We all need to be paying...

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Is the fight at the DC arts commission about race or the hustle?

jonetta rose barras

Nov 14, 20217 min read

Is the fight at the DC arts commission about race or the hustle?

DURING the recent kickoff for his mayoral campaign, Ward 8 DC Council member Trayon White led his supporters in a chant: “We are going to...

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Walter Smith's 12-year Battle with Care First

jonetta rose barras

Nov 14, 20217 min read

Walter Smith's 12-year Battle with Care First

The legal battle fought by Walter Smith and his organization DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice to ensure a regional nonprofit...

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Mayor Muriel Bower’s Assault Against Her Own Possible Third Term

jonetta rose barras

Sep 16, 20215 min read

Mayor Muriel Bower’s Assault Against Her Own Possible Third Term

“THE contract extensions at issue represent an impermissible exercise of authority by the mayor and therefore may not be deemed...

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Virginia Voters’ Choice: Forward with Voting Rights Champ for Governor or Backward With Team Trump

Ben Jealous

Sep 16, 20213 min read

Virginia Voters’ Choice: Forward with Voting Rights Champ for Governor or Backward With Team Trump

Virginia’s voters will pick the state’s next governor in November. The choice couldn’t be clearer, and neither could the national...

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IS ANYONE INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IN DC?

jonetta rose barras

Sep 6, 20216 min read

IS ANYONE INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IN DC?

WHEN Mayor Muriel Bowser issued her recent order declaring a “Health Care Resources Emergency,” she tore a page straight from former...

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jonetta rose barras

Sep 6, 20217 min read

THE WAYNE TURNAGE AND MEDSTAR SHOW

FOR the past year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage have presented a master class in...

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Ben Jealous

Sep 6, 20213 min read

A Red Flag on the West Coast

IN just a few days, California will wrap up its recall election targeting Governor Gavin Newsom, a scheme orchestrated by a Far Right...

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It Is Harder to End a War Than Begin One

jonetta rose barras

Sep 6, 20214 min read

It Is Harder to End a War Than Begin One

TWENTY years ago, on Sept 11, 2001, planes crashed into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. There was...

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Low-income DC Condo Owners Fear They Are the Next Surfside. Do Government Officials Care?

jonetta rose barras

Aug 15, 20218 min read

Low-income DC Condo Owners Fear They Are the Next Surfside. Do Government Officials Care?

“When I go to sleep at night, I kind of sleep with one eye open, so I’m never really sleeping, because I don’t want [the] building to...

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The Attack on the Capitol and the Shameful Right-Wing Republican Response

Ben Jealous

Aug 11, 20213 min read

The Attack on the Capitol and the Shameful Right-Wing Republican Response

THE Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the U.S. Capitol was an assault on our democracy. So is the effort by congressional Republicans and...

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Bullets Flying Everywhere and No Place to Hide in DC

jonetta rose barras

Aug 8, 20216 min read

Bullets Flying Everywhere and No Place to Hide in DC

THERE was Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George, during last week’s public roundtable on gun violence and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s...

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jonetta rose barras

Jul 19, 20217 min read

HOWARD’S GLITTERATI HUSTLE

HOWARD University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD won high praise when he persuaded famed, award-winning actor and alumna Phylicia...

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jonetta rose barras

Jul 19, 20215 min read

Will DC’s Emergency Ever Really End?

THAT’S probably the question many landlords and utility companies asked as the DC Council took action last week that confirmed the public...

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Ben Jealous

Jul 7, 20213 min read

The Insurrection and the Lost Cause

A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and...

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Is Integrity Missing Among Some DC Advocates?

jonetta rose barras

Jul 7, 20216 min read

Is Integrity Missing Among Some DC Advocates?

IT’S disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of...

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jonetta rose barras

Jul 1, 20215 min read

OPINION: WAYNE’S OPERATIC SPIN TAKE #3

THIS may not be the third article chronicling the ill-advised maneuvers of Wayne Turnage, the District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for...

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Time for a bolder affordable housing approach in DC

jonetta rose barras

Jun 27, 20215 min read

Time for a bolder affordable housing approach in DC

EARLIER this month, the DC Council begins scrutinizing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $17.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Financial Plan,...

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Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics

Ben Jealous

Jun 27, 20213 min read

Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics

The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a...

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The District of Columbia's Legislative Purgatory

jonetta rose barras

Jun 27, 20215 min read

The District of Columbia's Legislative Purgatory

Judith Sandalow sat inside the square — the virtual infrastructure made ubiquitous by the coronavirus pandemic as we’ve sought to remain...

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